
Biocultural anthropology
World War II, Biological anthropology, Emory University, University of Alabama, University of Washington
Herausgegeben: Evelyn, Columba Sara
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Biocultural anthropology is the scientific exploration of the relationships between human biology and culture. Physical anthropologists throughout the first half of the 20th century viewed this relationship from a racial perspective; that is, from the assumption that typological human biological differences lead to cultural differences. After World War II the emphasis began to shift toward an effort to explore the role culture plays in shaping human biology. Contempor...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Biocultural anthropology is the scientific exploration of the relationships between human biology and culture. Physical anthropologists throughout the first half of the 20th century viewed this relationship from a racial perspective; that is, from the assumption that typological human biological differences lead to cultural differences. After World War II the emphasis began to shift toward an effort to explore the role culture plays in shaping human biology. Contemporary biocultural anthropologists view culture as having several key roles in human biological variation.